Zhang Linqi is a tired man. A professor with over 30 years experience in infectious disease research, Zhang and his team of Chinese researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing are working round-the-clock to find a cure for the coronavirus disease. From conducting experiments through the night, to liaising with researchers across China, and specialists in […]Read More
MANILA: The Philippines has officially notified the United States about the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between Manila and Washington, Philippines’s top diplomat said on Tuesday. “The Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the United States has received the notice of termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement. As a diplomatic courtesy there […]Read More
WUHAN (CHINA): China has built a makeshift hospital in 10 days to battle against the novel strain of Coronavirus in Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak in central China’s Hubei Province. Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital was delivered Sunday. A total of 1,400 medical staff from the armed forces is tasked with treating patients […]Read More
BEIJING: Chinese health authorities have announced that 2,744 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), including 461 in critical condition, had been reported in the country by the end of Sunday. Figures from the National Health Commission showed 769 new confirmed cases, 3,806 new suspected cases and 24 deaths (24 in Hubei) were […]Read More
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said it was too early to declare the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), while warning that the number of cases may rise as much about the virus remains unknown. “I am not declaring a public health emergency […]Read More